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Leviticus 18:20

Don't commit any sex act with any other man's wife. This would pollute you and make you unclean.

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In The King James Version

Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself with her.

In Context

19Don't have sex with a woman during the time she is unclean because of her period.

21Don't give any of your children as a human sacrifice to Molech, for you must not disgrace the character of your God. I am the Lord.

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Cross References

Leviticus 20:10Any man who commits adultery with someone else's wife must be executed, as well as the woman.

Deuteronomy 22:22If a man is found sleeping with someone else's wife, both the man and the woman must die. You must eliminate the evil from Israel.

2 Samuel 11:3David sent someone to find out about the woman. He was told, “It's Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam, and wife of Uriah the Hittite.”

Proverbs 6:25Don't let your mind lust after her beauty, or let her hypnotize you with her fluttering eyelashes.

Ezekiel 18:6He doesn't go to the pagan shrines in the mountains to eat a religious meal, or worship Israel's idols. He doesn't have sex with someone else's wife or with a woman during her period.

Matthew 5:27You've heard that the law said, ‘Don't commit adultery.’

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 18:20-30

Laws against Iniquity. ( b. c. 1490.) 19 Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness. 20 Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her. 21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord . 22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. 23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile… Read the whole commentary →

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